Pope Stephen

Pope Stephen may refer to:

  • Pope Stephen I (died 257), Bishop of Rome from 254–257
  • Pope-elect Stephen (died 752), elected Pope but died before being ordained
  • Pope Stephen II (died 757), pope from 752–757
  • Pope Stephen III (720–772), pope from 768–772
  • Pope Stephen IV (died 817), pope from 816–817
  • Pope Stephen V (died 891), pope from 885–891
  • Pope Stephen VI (died 897), pope from 896–897
  • Pope Stephen VII (died 931), pope from 929–931
  • Pope Stephen VIII (died 942), German, pope from 939–942
  • Pope Stephen IX (c. 1020–1058), pope from 1057–1058

Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or stephen:

    “Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
    Man never Is, but always To be blest:”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Seynt Stevene was a clerk in Kyng Herowdes halle.
    And servyd him of bred and cloth, as every kyng befalle.”
    —Unknown. St. Stephen and King Herod (l. 1–2)